Improvement in fences



Patented March 12, 1872.v

10H N MCKNIGHT.

Improvement in Fences.

51+ A v :5.-- m- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN MGKNIGHT, OF ROMULUS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,502, dated March 12, 1872.

Specification describing a new and Improved Fence, invented by JOHN MCKNIGHT, of Romulus, in the county of Seneca and State of New York. y

Figure l represents a face view of my improved fence. Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sections of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a part of a fence-post and its step. 4

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to anew arrangement of the supports and fastening devices of a fence; and has for its object to facilitate the putting together of parts and their transportation, and thereby to reduce the expense of putting up a fence. The invent-ion consists in the application to the fence-posts of elbow-supports for the panels, and in their combination with a face-post and bolt for holding the panels in contact with the posts.

A A in the drawing are the posts of the fence, firmly secured in the ground. B B are the panels, made in suitable style and of the necessary or desired lengths. To the lower part of each post is fastened, by a bolt. or pin, a, the upright part pf an elbow-piece or angleiron, O. The horizontal part b of the angle- .pieces D. e e are forked plates, slipped over the bolts el in front of the face plates D to prevent the bolt-heads from cutting into the wood. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let' ters Patent, is-

The combination of the post A and angleiron C with the bolt d and face piece D, as set forth.

JOHN McKNlGH-T. Witnesses:

I. V. ADAIR, J. 0. PAYNE. 

